Matthew 5:30–40

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30 kAnd if your right hand lcauses you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into mhell.

Divorce

31 h“It was also said, n‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’32 oBut I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and pwhoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Oaths

33 “Again hyou have heard that it was said to those of old, q‘You shall not swear falsely, but rshall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’34 But I say to you, sDo not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for tit is the throne of God,35 or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is uthe city of the great King.36 And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.37 Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; vanything more than this comes from evil.7

Retaliation

38 h“You have heard that it was said, y‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’39 But I say to you, zDo not resist the one who is evil. But aif anyone bslaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.40 And zif anyone would sue you and take your tunic,8 let him have your cloak as well.